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NASHUA MOBILE RACING EXTEND THEIR LEAD AFTER GOOD RESULT
Intensity, consistency and reliability - these were the vital factors for
the Nashua Mobile Racing team when they completed the recent Ford Motorite
Limpopo 400 off-road...

NASHUA MOBILE RACING EXTEND THEIR LEAD AFTER GOOD RESULT

Intensity, consistency and reliability - these were the vital factors for
the Nashua Mobile Racing team when they completed the recent Ford Motorite
Limpopo 400 off-road race, the sixth round of the Absa off-road
Championship, finishing a superb second overall in a hotly contested
Special Vehicle category.

The result allows Terence Marsh and Michael Whitehouse to extend their
overall lead in the National Championship for Special Vehicles with two
rounds of the championship remaining. The Nashua Mobile BAT Spec-1's
performance was faultless during a rough and extremely tough off-road
event, the first in the Polokwane area, a race that saw only 11 of the 29
Special Vehicle entries making it to the finish.

Dust was a huge factor during each 115km loop, which the competitors had to
complete three times, and Marsh and Whitehouse used this natural element to
their advantage from the start after qualifying third fastest on the
Friday. The ever threatening team of Nick and Ryan Harper, who are
currently second in the National Championship, began the day just two
seconds behind Marsh and Whitehouse and remained hot on their heels
throughout the race eventually finishing just six minutes behind them after
seven hours of intense racing.

This result enabled Marsh and Whitehouse to extend their lead in the
overall championship to 16 points with two rounds remaining, the tough
Toyota Dealers 1000 to be held in the Mpumalanga area and the season ending
Carnival City 400 to be held in Gauteng.

The next round of the Absa Off-road Championship, the Toyota Dealers 1000
held within the Lydenburg and Dullstroom area, takes place from the 12th to
the 15th October 2005.